Appraisals
Deepfully thanks goes to Odd Magnar Syversen, Derwood Johnson , C.A Clausen and Stange Historielag for their pioneering and monumental work on the Norwegians in the South and especially the Lone Star State. Appraisals goes to all authors of Civil War books, Civil War buffs, historians, familiy of soldiers, genology researchers and not to forget; fellow webmasters on the Net for their efforts to keep the history available to the world.

  References:

 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers who served in originization from the state of TEXAS
Record Group 109, National Archives, Washington D.C.

 Texas Confederate Soldiers 1861-1865, Vol 1 & 2
Hewett, Janet B.red. ( Broadfoot Company,Wilmington, NC 1997.)

  Index to Applications for TEXAS Confederate Pensions
McKinny, John (revised version, Archives Division, Texas State Libary, Austin 1977 )

  Norge i Texas
Syversen,Odd Magne and Johnson, Derwood ( Stange Historielag, Stange, Norway 1982 )

  Texas Confederate Service Records
Archives Division, Texas State Libary, Austin, TEXAS

  Texas Confederate Pensions files
Archives Division, Texas State Libary, Austin, TEXAS

  Oberst Heg og hans gutter ( Colonel Heg and His Boys )
Fremad Publ. Co, Eau Claire,Wisconsin 1916

  Between The Enemy And Texas : Parsons Texas Cavalry in The Civil War
Baily, Anne J. - TEXAS Christian University Press, Fort Worth, TX 1989.

  Poligniac`s TEXAS Brigade
Barr, Alwyn

  Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units , 1861 - 1865
Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, LA 1989

  Smith County, Texas, in the Civil War
Betts, Vicki - Smith County Historical Society, Tyler, TX

  Alumevennen ( Christiania, Norway) No.45, 8.nov 1862
Letter from a Danish member of the "Scandinavian Guard" ( Co.A,Chalmette Regt., LA Vol.State Troops,15.aug 1862)

 The Campaign of Walker`s TEXAS Division
Blessington, Joseph P. - State House Press, Austin, TX 1994. Reprint of 1875 Ed.

  Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers - All vols.
Booth, Andrew B. - Spartanburg, S.C , 1984. Reprint of 1920 Ed.

 The Second TEXAS Infantry : From Shiloh to Vicksburg
Chance, Joseph E. - Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1984

 Norwegian Soldiers in the Confederate Forces
Clausen, C.A and Johnson. Derwood - in : Norwegian-American Studies Vol.25 p.105-141 - NOHA, Northfield, MN, 1972.

  The Clifton Records ( Bosque County, TEXAS)
Issue unknown, 1917, obituary of Andrew Johnson ( typescript in possession of Derwood Johnson, Waco) March 20, 1991 - Erik M. Lindberg to Receive Confederate Veterans Marker

 Confederate Veteran Magazine - various issues
United Confederate Veterans , Nashville, TN 1893 - 1923

  Units of The Confederate State Army
Crute, Joseph H. Jr. - Dervent Books - Midlothian, VA 1987

  35th Virginia Cavalry Battalion
Divine, John J. - Virginia Regimental Series - H.E Howard Co. Lynchburg, VA

  Defenders: A Confederate History of Henderson County, TEXAS
Eads, Leila R. - Henderson County History Survey Commitee, Athens, TX 1969

  Cannon Smoke: The Letters of Captain John J. Good - Good`s - Douglas Texas Battery, C.S.A
Fitzhugh. Lester N (ed) - Hill College Press, Hillsboro, TX 1971

 Roster of Confederate Soldiers 1861 - 1865, Vols V-VIII
Hewitt, Janet B (ed) - Broadfoot Publishing Co. Wilmington, N.C 1996

  The Third TEXAS Cavalry in The Civil War
Hale, Douglas - University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma 1993.

  Charles Goodnight : Cowman and Plainsman
Haly, J. Evetts - Riverside Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1936

  TEXAS in The Confederacy
Henderson, Harry M. - The Naylor Co, San Antonio 1955

  Roster of Confederate Soldiers of Georgia
Henderson, Lillian H. - Harpville, GA 1959 Vol. 1

  41st Virginia Infantry Regiment
Henderson, William D. - Virginia Regimental Series, H.E Howard Co, Lynchburg, VA 1986

  History of TEXAS supplemented with biographical mention of many prominent persons and families of the State
Casper A.Poulson & Lars Olson - The Lewis Publ. Co. , Chicago 1896

  History of TEXAS together with a biographical History of Houston and Galveston
Ole C. Tellefson, George Wilson and Benjamin Dolson - The Lewis Publ. Co. , Chicago 1895

  Peculiar Honor : A History of The 28th Texas Cavalry 1862 - 1865
Johansson, M. Jane - University of Arkansas Press, Fayetteville, AK 1998

  Texans Who Wore Gray - Vol. 1
Johnson, Sidney S. - privatly printed, Tyler, TX 1907 - Eilif Anderson

  Some Biographies of Old Settlers - Vol.1
( ibid. ) - privatly printed, Tyler, TX 1900 - Eilif Anderson and Family

  Utklipsbind X ( Scrapbook Vol.X ) Norwegians in The Civil War, Spanish-American War and WW I
Knudsen, Alfred - Norwegian - American Collection , National Library - Oslo, Norway

  Foreigners in The Confederacy
Lonn, Ella - Peter Smith, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1965. Reprint of 1940 Ed.

  Skandinaver i De Konfødererte Armeer fra 1861 - 1865
(- Scandinavians in The Confederate Armies from 1861 to 1865 -)
( ibid.) in: Decorah Posten ( Iowa ) October 29, 1938

  Cumulative Index : The Confederate Veteran Magazine 1893 - 1932
Manarin, Louis H ( Ed.) - Broadfoot Publ.Co, Wilmington, N.C 1986

  North Carolina Troops 1861 -1865 : A Roster Vol.1: Artillery
( ibid.) - State Dept. of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C 1966

  The Alabama & The Kearsarge : The Sailors Civil War
Marvel, William - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C 1996

  This Band of Heros : Granbury`s Texas Brigade, C.S.A
McCaffrey, James M. - Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX 1996

 This was Andersonville
McElroy, John - McDowell, Oblensky Inc. New York 1957

 Søkrigen i Amerika
Muller, H.J - C.M Berntzen, Christiania (Oslo), Norway

 A Familiy History of Ole Anderson and Berget Tergerson, as compiled from Bible and other Authorized History
Neystel, J.P - Transcript dated 28.jan 1965

  Our Parents
Nystel, Mrs. Ole T. - transcript undated

 Confederate Cavalry West of The River
Oates, Stephen B. - University Press of TEXAS, Austin, TX 1992 ( Reprint of 1961 Ed. )

 Early Scandinavian Pioneers of Bosque County
Olson, Jacob - undated typescript in possession of NAHA

  The Picayne
Obituary of John J. Gragard - July 8th,1899 - New Orleans, LA

  A History of Bosque County, TEXAS
Pool, William C. - San Marcos, TX 1954

 Randal County News ( Texas )
Obituary of Nicolai Thompson - May 8th, 1919

 Reierson Family Papers ( 3 letters to Oscar Reierson 1862-63 )
Baker, Eugene C. - Texas History Center, University of TEXAS, Austin

  Confederate Military History: TEXAS
Roberts, Oran - The Blue & Grey Press, n.d

  Compendium of The Confederate Armies : TEXAS
Sifakis, Steward - Facts On Files Ltd, New York 1992

  Hood`s TEXAS BRIGADE : Lee`s Grenadier Guards
Simpson, Harold B. - Alcor Publ. Co, Dallas, TX 1983. Reprint of 1970 Ed.

  Hood`s TEXAS BRIGADE : A Compendium
Simpson, Harold B.- Hill Junior College Press, Hillsboro, TX 1977

  TEXAS in The War 1861 - 1865
Simpson, Harold B.( red. ) and Wright, Marcus ( compiler ) - Hill College Press, Hillsboro, TX 1984. Reprint of 1965 Ed.

  Frontier Defense in The Civil War: TEXAS RANGERS and REBELS
Smith, David Paul - Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX 1994

  Iron Afloat: Buchanan and The Mobile Squadron
Still, William L. - in : Journal of Confederate History Vol. 1/No. 1 p.83-117 - Guild Bindery Press, TN 1988

  Terrel`s TEXAS Cavalry
Spencer, John W - Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1982

  Tennesseans In The Civil War Part. II : Roster
Tennessee Civil War Commission - University of Tennessee Press, 1985. Reprint of 1964 Ed.

  Normœndene i Amerika - Deres historie og rekord
Ulvestad, Martin - Minneapolis, MN 1907 - esp. Vol. 1, p.251-341: - lists of over 4000 names of Norwegians in American Wars.

War of The Rebellion : A Compilation of The Official Records of Union and Confederate Armies
U.S Government Printing Office , Washington D.C 1892 - 1921 - Various vols and General Index

  Who`s Who in Central, North and East TEXAS
The Forrister History Co, 1912 - biographical sketch of J.H Reierson

  TEXAS in The Confederacy: Military Installations, Economy and People
Winsor, Bill - Hill College Press, Hillsboro, TX 1978

  TEXAS and Texans in The Civil War
Wooster, Ralph A. - Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1995.

  Lone Star Blue and Grey : Essays on Texas in The Civil War
Wooster, Ralph A - TEXAS State Historical Association, Austin, TX 1995

  To The Tyrants Never Yield: A Texas Civil War Sampler
Young, Kevin - Wordware Publ. Co - Plano, TX 1992

  TEXAS and Texans in The Civil War
Wooster, Ralph A. - Eakin Press, Austin, TX 1995.

  Lone Star Blue and Grey : Essays on Texas in The Civil War
Wooster, Ralph A - TEXAS State Historical Association, Austin, TX 1995

  To The Tyrants Never Yield: A Texas Civil War Sampler
Young, Kevin - Wordware Publ. Co - Plano, TX 1992